2020 6 Nations - Ireland vs Wales match thread

pc7

Really hope we see more aggression and go from us today, felt so flat last weekend. I can’t see us wining this sadly.

mangobob

Former Former wrote: »

The last decade has been the most successful in our history, by a long long way.

Whatever suffering you're imagining is entirely self inflicted.

Newsflash for you. Irish rugby didnt begin in the last ten years. Some of us have been supporters for a lot longer than that. Believe me there was a sh*t ton of suffering for a couple of decades prior to that golden era.

And as successful as that period has been, there was plenty of disappointment there too, not to mention twice on the biggest stage of all where completely we sh*t the bed.

Self inflicted my arse.

ClanofLams

Don’t think I have ever heard ROG back against Ireland.

Ardillaun

pc7 wrote: »

Really hope we see more aggression and go from us today, felt so flat last weekend. I can’t see us wining this sadly.

It’s our sluggishness that’s bothered me recently. We need to start well at least and unsettle them.

DDC1990

There might be a really obvious answer for this, but why did POM introduce all the players to Michael D and not Johnny Sexton?
Edit: Getting strapping done apparantly.

AlfaZen

Is Sexton playing? POM doing the intros to Mícheál D??

JRant

DDC1990 wrote: »

There might be a really obvious answer for this, but why did POM introduce all the players to Michael D and not Johnny Sexton?

Pashun

Tommybojangles

What's going with POM doing the captains duties?

mangobob

molloyjh wrote: »

18 months ago was August 2018. 3 months before one of our victories over NZ. Can we leave the hyperbole out of this please.

Yeah fair enough I was inaccurate with the 18 month figure.

But the rest of my point still stands.

ricero

Ireland's call makes me cringe every time without fail

molloyjh

Former Former wrote: »

The last decade has been the most successful in our history, by a long long way.

Whatever suffering you're imagining is entirely self inflicted.

Over the last decade we have won 2 Championships and 1 GS. Only Wales have been more successful in the 6Ns, with 1 Championship and 2 GS. So basically they won 1 more game in 1 if those Championships. In that time our record vs SH opposition has been out of sight of Wales record against the same opposition. There really has feck all between us in the last decade.

Meanwhile our provinces have basically mopped the floor with theirs in terms of success.

Itssoeasy

Voting done so now on to the rugby.

ctrl-alt-delete

DDC1990 wrote: »

There might be a really obvious answer for this, but why did POM introduce all the players to Michael D and not Johnny Sexton?
Edit: Getting strapping done apparantly.

Sexton doesn't know them all.

molloyjh

mangobob wrote: »

Yeah fair enough I was inaccurate with the 18 month figure.

But the rest of my point still stands.

Nope. See above.

Former Former

mangobob wrote: »

Newsflash for you. Irish rugby didnt begin in the last ten years. Some of us have been supporters for a lot longer than that. Believe me there was a sh*t ton of suffering for a couple of decades prior to that golden era.

And as successful as that period has been, there was plenty of disappointment there too, not to mention twice on the biggest stage of all where completely we sh*t the bed.

Self inflicted my arse.

Yes, it is now 30-odd years since I attended my first Ireland game.

That's why I appreciate the success of the last ten years. You choose not to. That's why it's self - inflicted. That's your choice and it's fine but I don't understand the mentality of you hoping we lose.

bilston

Good staet

Panda Killa

Good, encouraging start here

Shefwedfan

Sexton fired up

steves2

What was bigger at

Itssoeasy

Sloppy from wales there.

bilston

Ah that's a really poor Scrum

mangobob

molloyjh wrote: »

Over the last decade we have won 2 Championships and 1 GS. Only Wales have been more successful in the 6Ns, with 1 Championship and 2 GS. So basically they won 1 more game in 1 if those Championships. In that time our record vs SH opposition has been out of sight of Wales record against the same opposition. There really has feck all between us in the last decade.

Meanwhile our provinces have basically mopped the floor with theirs in terms of success.

Very true. Unfortunately none of that will matter one fecking iota today.

We have seen irish fans trotting out the dominance of Irish clubs over their welsh counterparts ad nauseum and Wales have shown over and over again that their club form is irrelevant when it comes to International rugby. Also what we did 5 years ago is of zero significance today. All that matters is the two squads out there now, and I maintain Wales are in a far better place than we are.

But I would LOVE to be proven wrong.

eigrod

Crap scrum

Bridge93

Awful scrum

Itssoeasy

Shocking scrum from Ireland.

A-Train

That’s the seed in Poites head about the Irish scrum now

mangobob

Former Former wrote: »

Yes, it is now 30-odd years since I attended my first Ireland game.

That's why I appreciate the success of the last ten years. You choose not to. That's why it's self - inflicted. That's your choice and it's fine but I don't understand the mentality of you hoping we lose.

How on Earth did you get that idea? I think have completely misunderstood my post.

I have never ever hoped we would lose. Believing that we will lose today and hoping for it to happen are two completely different things.

bilston

Good to see Stockdale getting a good bit of ball early on

Twice playing the ball on the ground right in front of Poite and he does nothin.

Ardillaun

That’s more like it. Until that. More scrum problems?